away. one can climb over. >> >> officer chip wells with the st. pete police department ... >> you always want to bring the shrubbery up to the bottom of the window. >> says there are things you can do when it comes to landscaping to push criminals away. >> reveille the more popular here is available for your property line. >> he said it is a plant with thorns. thorns. >> it's a great example of how you can keep people away from your window. they can't break and if they can't get to it. >> another plan to think about, a spanish bayonet it is so pointed can puncture your skin. look at the ends of the leaves, >> a >> a good example here he says when it comes to plans and >> in your potting beautification and adding security on top of it. >> all things you can do to keep your home safe.

be adding more of. >> we've posted a full list of plants that could help fight crime as well as the number to local police agencies that will come out and check your property for free in our story at wtsp .com click seen on tv. digging deeper tonight into a program to help fight back against the spike in gun violence in hillsboro county. it has artie proven to work in other parts of florida. tonight eric glasser find out why people in the areas hardest hit by gun related crime are hopeful but also skeptical. >> i've nothing on me and i've been robbed before. >> is a victim of gun related crime this woman is for any idea to get ill legal weapons off the streets. and now there may be one. >> illegal guns that kill and maim our families, communities, children must stop. >> in hillsboro county, crimestoppers has teamed up

agencies for a gun bounty program called see it, say, stop it offering a $1000 cash reward for anonymous tips about anyone possessing a gun illegally. >> we are trying to get them before they can use firearms to harm someone. >> by the convincing people they can remain anonymous may be an uphill climb, especially neighborhood were so-called snatchers fear retribution. but with 1500 gun gun related crimes in hillsboro county in 2015, more than 40 of those homicides, resident say people have to get involved. >> he will stop more deaths. maybe there will be so much violence. officials say the sort of gun bounty programs of been very successful in other areas where they've been tried and they

in part because it is being funded by criminals to catch criminals. $40 $40 from each person entering the felony pretrial intervention program, the potential revenue stream of thousands to keep guns off the streets. >> if you know of gun related crimes or gun that is in the wrong hands you can call crime stoppers at the number on your screen 800873 tips. the goal is to get drunk drivers off the road. the city of tampa has a creative law to encourage smarter decisions after drinking. it allows people to leave their car at a bar parking overnight without the fear of being towed. but 10 investigates when undercover and found the law getting ignored. bar patrons were scared of leaving cars behind after a few drinks. following a report, officials are now enforcing law in tampa. that's when that's when you started speaking out and we heard you. karen and over here on facebook

the whole state needs to implement this law. james says the story as a public service, thank you. we should point out 10 investigates is investigates is getting results as other counties and cities throughout the bay area were also considering vehicle amnesty laws. darlene goodman writes in to say, love this. i also love that our local politicians would support in addressing this issue and are ready to take action. tonight on 10 news at 11 p.m. we continue our investigation of getting refunds for drivers wrongly towed and how you can do the same. home and business owners can get loans to clean up their property after tornadoes in sarasota in january. a disaster loan outreach centers open weekdays and saturdays for the next week at the ridge park. if your home was damaged you can get a loan of up to $200,000. homeowners and renters are

$40,000 to replace damaged personal items. permit ordinance that would allow property owners to park along a 17 block of stretch of homes beaches up for a rebound result. the mayor veep towed after commissioners approved it. the ordinance the ordinance would slap violators with a $35 ticket and they could get a new one every two hours. parents in hillsboro county neighborhoods are upset their next year. they they can find out more tonight at an informational meeting. it is part of the new boundary proposal to help ease overcrowding. it is basically taking kids from sewers elementary and putting them into three other schools. the meeting will begin at six pm at solar's elementary school cafeteria. the polk county school board will talk about an investigation and sexual harassment allegations against the superintendent. according to the lakeland ledger, board members will vote on whether board members will

catherine leroy at the helm at a meeting on friday. changes could come to alimony payments due to a controversial bill. right now the duration and amount of alimony in each divorce cases left up to a judge. the proposed bill would create of formula to create consistency in each case and would eliminate permanent alimony. opponents say the changes could be unfair to women who gave up careers to be stay-at-home moms before divorce. the bill passed a second committee in the house last week a heads to the house floor for a vote. a florida appeals court is injunction blocking and effect. law from requiring a woman waiting for an abortion to wait through. the aclu followed up -- filed a lawsuit lasting on behalf of a productive healthcare for provider and a group of students. the group argues the law interfering with the right to

a reasonable restriction. the countdown is on to cast your ballot for your choice and a a strong turnout of voters cast their ballot today in the first in the nation primary in new hampshire. the secretary of state predicted more than a half- million voters would show up. mail. mail in ballots are already on their way to you. 10 news reporter, sarah hollenback is that the pinellas county election office in largo where poll workers to shipped thousands of ballots out. >> 17 pallets 5 feet tall all being shipped off today across pinellas county to voters so that they are there in time for our primary on march 15. with the help of a forklift they lifted all of those pallets into a mail truck that will be delivered to homes in the next few weeks.

in pinellas county have been mailed ballots. that's what is such a popular option. people don't people don't even need an excuse to fill by mail. >> this is me because once again we get to play really big role in selecting our nominees for president as a swing state and a swing county. our voter should be geared up and ready to go. >> only registered republicans and democrats will get one of these ballots. but it is not too late to change her political party affiliation. you have until tuesday, some worry 16th. that means you you too can be a part of the primary. >> over here they're getting all of the other ballots ready is still weeks from our primary here in florida but it takes a lot of work to get everything ready. pinellas county does not have any zika virus cases. but but the health department expects it to happen. >> we are working with healthcare providers to evaluate anyone who present system -- symptoms and history of travel.

test for those we believe may be infected. >> missed the mosquito patrols as they are ready to go there's a case of the virus and will go door to door. they are advising homeowners to dump any standing water from around their homes. that's where the mosquitoes breed. known for their hundred dollar yoga pants now new -- lula mae is closing some doors and say pete. some say competition from stores in area malls like international plaza and university town center , or the irregular hours at the downtown showroom could've kept shoppers away. sundial owner bill edwards says they have already signed new tenant that is not saying his moving in. bagging them and getting them away from a natural prey. >> how hunters are getting burmese pythons out of the wild. a crash damages the eye 75 overpass.

out why it won't be an easy fix. howling winds moved in today, 40 miles an hour in sarasota, bradenton international airport.

hunters have bagged 95 burmese python so far this year's python challenge. that's the latest tally as of monday according to florida fish and wildlife. it's and wildlife. it's the second year the state has allowed hunters to track down and capture these invasive creatures. fdot will begin repairing and overpass on i 75 tonight after about cold being told on a truck that hit it yesterday. >> this happened at the overpass road in wesley chapel. our road warrior found out the repairs will take several nights and has ways to get around any backups. >> the driver of a tractor- trailer on his way to texas left with a memorable gift yesterday. the training is transporting hit the overpass along i 75 and five and overpass road wesley chapel.

florida highway patrol sergeant steve gaston says this happens frequently between pascoe and hernando counties. i i 75 is the main route four commercial travel , and drivers need to know florida law. >> commercial drivers need to make sure there are loads are under the state limit which is 13.5 feet. this ben bridges over 16 feet also this is a major violation as far as the height of the vehicle. >> the driver of the truck was charged with having an overhyped load. now crews will spend a week repairing the damage to the overpass. closures. here's where they will be doing the repairs and wesley chapel on i 75 and overpass road between state road 52 and state road 54. if you want to avoid i 75. your best bet will be old pascoe road. that runs parallel parallel to the west of 75. you can hook back up with the highway using state road 52. crews will will close the

starting tonight through thursday. >> hillary found out the repairs of the overcoat pass will cost about $60,000. we clocked winds around 40 miles an hour sarasota had top winds but we've all seen them around 35 miles an hour. that starts to back down tomorrow but it will take about two days to get the wind back in check for two what we are trees palm fronds blowing at as as the sunsets, clouds broken this is sand key and we will see decreasing clouds as we go through the evening. forecast will still stay windy butt dry tonight as we will see

and eventually decreasing clouds we don't need rain gear but maybe a layer or two to keep you comfortable. as we begin our evening 59 in tampa and riverview, 57 and lutes, 60 and lutes, 60 in st. pete and sarasota. 55 around crystal river as we zoom into the bay area 58 for us in clearwater little cooler in largo and 54. 58 in odessa and suburbs around downtown tampa and to the north of temple terrace, new tampa about 61 degrees. as we go into the evening tonight we will keep it dry but as you can see the trees blowing around the coast guard station in downtown st. pete we will look for the temperatures to stay up because the wind stays up and not fall off to sharply from where we are currently sitting. mainly mid 50s this evening we will keep the winds around 10- 20 miles an hour and wake up temperatures will have a little bit of a bite in citrus county. 38 degrees at daybreak. winds likely to be around 10-15

which will be less than this morning so that will allow a little bit cooler. plus the skies are also likely to be clear at daybreak to look for around 45 - 48 degrees in the suburbs. one more afternoon of 50s for highs in the low 60s. we managed to freezeout 60 today at tampa international airport but a lot of areas tampa northward and upper 50s and again very similar high temperatures. the difference will be a little less win tomorrow so it should feel a little bit better and it will still be breezy through good part of the day expecting northwest winds around 10 - 20 files miles an hour. only about a 100 warm-up. tonight in a little less than an hour but the small craft advisory will go to about midday tomorrow still heavy chop on the bay and although we see waves around 12 - 15 feet offshore were looking for six - 12 tomorrow so starts backing better.

in high tide around 3:43 p.m. as we go through the next couple of days a few clouds at daybreak should be the last few clouds for a couple of days as i am looking at a beautiful forecast warming each day. 62 for high on thursday. finally you are warm again just in time for friday and 70 degrees. looking wonderful for friday and saturday, not bad for valentine's day either, sunday about sunday about 66 and staying dry for a nice stretch. a decent chance of rain comes late monday and into the early morning hours tuesday. until that time as the winds back off thursday that will be the coldest part of all of the school's lap. we will start around 41 in tampa thursday morning and possible freeze watches around citrus county as we start around 32. highs will be a little warmer in the mid- 60s and as we go through the next couple of days you won't knee your rain gear but you may need

we're still tracking a lot of juniper , elm, and oak. and for the next several days it will stay in a high count.

can it be? i was just about hearing the putt putt of pitchers and catchers. the rays first work of spring training is one week from sunday and today they loaded up the truck and are ready to move to port charlotte.

even some car seats for players with families. baseball is about here and everyone is ready. >> i feel like it is a good have a good season lot of players. spring training. i think it's can be a great year. >> just a couple of miles away from the tropics construction has begun for the firestone grand prix in downtown st. pete. the defending champ , juan pablo montoya was here to get there's a new date it is march 13. weeks of no conflict for eastern sunday. cam newton and the carolina panthers came to clean out questions for about seven he refused to apologize for conference. said he was emotional does not take losing well.

that are saying you know ... will but what makes your way right? i've been on record to say i'm a sore loser. who likes to lose. show me show me a good loser and i will show you a loser. a lock bluster nine player trade in nhl today. the big name a big sellers toronto's captain number three five more years at 7 million a year that goes to ottawa. so that clears a lot of space for space for the police to sign a free agent like say stephen stan coast? if he goes on the market. taking on treadmill tuesday. the challenge four another 30 minutes or so. tampa metropolitan area ymca locations are competing with a jacksonville ymca to see which immunity can walk and run the greatest distance. the competition kicks off at seven am and wraps up at seven pm. treadmill tuesday is meant to bring the community together and encouraging one another to improve their heart health. >> this. >> this is the first time we

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